BOOK REVIEW - ANOTHER PIECE OF MY HEART : The Badger Trilogy Book 2

The back cover describes the work beautifully - it is a delightful page-turner
and I was surprised when it ended - sorry not to have another page to turn.
It is also "deceptively" simple!! It reminds me of those
analytic hours where nothing serious seemed to happen but you know something
did - you can't quite describe it. A great part of the psyche was felt
and perhaps the big Self got involved too.

You have taken your
reader into the world of a man who now can describe 'what happened' to him
after a life-time of relating to Jung, analysis, reflection, containment and
the opening of oneself to Eros. The 'mixed blessings' of the messenger's
life coalesce in a delightful see-saw of human experiences from the mundane to
the sublime. And every so often, we feel the see-saw of life suspended
momentarily in that weighted perfect balance - the one we always tried for as
kids. And then it's back to the ups and downs of the ride and all the
push-ups that entails. When you touch-down on the lonely, lower realities
of the dark nights, the music comes on and you push off the ground again, as
does the reader - but still feeling they have touched the ground – that it will
happen again and again but the Eros filling the ride imbues the reader with the
belief that what goes down must go up again.

The elements of
whimsicality, chance, fate are everywhere present but over time, the puppet
comes to realize that he can relate to the puppeteer and help direct his own
show. The puppet becomes more flexible and cooperative (sore feet aside)
- after all, he is a puppet (or badger, why not) and nothing else to do but
succumb to being one.

And that is Eros – a
veritably swing, see-saw, jungle gym in your own turret – a playground for the
psyche.

Some history:

Daryl Sharp started Inner City Books in 1980 to promote the understanding and practical application of the work of C.G. Jung. It is still the only publishing house in the world devoted exclusively to books written by Jungian analysts. There are now over 140 titles by over 50 authors in the series Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts - authoritative works on basic Jungian principles, women's studies, spirituality, alchemy, relationships, dream and fairy tale interpretation, masculine psychology, midlife issues and much more.

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